SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1984
HE DESCRIBED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AS A CORNERSTONE OF THE PREVENTIVE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY STRATEGY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG ABUSE IN HONG KONG.
+TODAY IN THE NORTH DISTRICT YOU ARE FOCUSSING ATTENTION ON THE NEED TO MOBILISE THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CRIME AND DRUGS, HE ADDED, +1 AM SURE THAT THROUGH YOUR DETERMINED EFFORTS MUCH SUCCESS WILL BE ACHIEVED.+
MR MORTIMER SAID THAT THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY, PARENTS AND TEACHERS IN GUIDING YOUNG PEOPLE AWAY FROM DRUGS AND INTO HEALTHY PURSUITS AS WELL AS IN HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE FIND A WORTHWHILE PURPOSE IN LIFE WAS OF PRIME IMPORTANCE TO THE YOUTHS OF HONG KONG AND THEIR FUTURE.
HE ALSO REMINDED ADDICTS THAT TREATMENT, AFTERCARE REHABILITATION AND COUNSELLING SERVICES WERE AVAILABLE TO THEM THROUGH SARDA AND OTHER VOLUNTARY AGENCIES.
HE THANKED THE COMMUNITY FOR ASSISTING FORMER ADDICTS BY PROVIDING THEM WITH JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
THE VARIETY SHOW, ORGANISED BY THE NORTH DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, ATTRACTED SOME 15 000 PEOPLE.
THE LOCAL SINGERS AND TV STARS, MR JOHNNY IP, MISS ELIZA CHAN AND MR DAVID LO, PERFORMED IN THE SHOW AND SPREAD ANTI- NARCOTICS MESSAGES TO THE AUDIENCE.
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SHAM SHUI PO ARTS FESTIVAL OPENS
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THE SHAM SHUI PO ARTS FESTIVAL, FEATURING MORE THAN 30 FILM SHOWS, DRAMAS AND OPERAS, EXHIBITIONS, COMPETITIONS, AND OTHER CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL PERFORMANCES, OPENED IN A CARNIVAL ATMOSPHERE AT PO ON ROAD PLAYGROUND TODAY (SATURDAY).
THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, OFFICIATED AT THE OPENING CEREMONY.
+THE SHAM SHUI PO ARTS FESTIVAL IS ANOTHER LARGE-SCALE ACTIVITY WHICH COMES AFTER THE HONG KONG ARTS FESTIVAL, HE SAID.
THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY, HE SAID, WOULD HELP PROMOTE AND DEVELOP DIFFERENT FORMS OF ART, AS WELL AS ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE.
IT WOULD ALSO ENHANCE THE SENSE OF BELONGING OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE DISTRICT AND GIVE THE COMMUNITY A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, HE ADDED.
HE EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT LARGE-SCALE ACTIVITIES OF THIS KIND WOULD BE ORGANISED REGULARLY IN FUTURE FOR THE WELL-BEING OF LOCAL PEOPLE.
/ALSO SPEAKING
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